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leevoncarbon's review
4.0
A mind opening book. I’ve studied the Bible for some 60 years and have simply not noticed the many women on the margins whose stories appear briefly but with profound insight. And I probably would never have noticed them if the only teachers I learned from were white, western males.
ymile_mahllew's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
marlanaperry77's review
4.0
A beautiful book celebrating the subversive nature of the kingdom of God and elevating the stories of women both in the Bible and those who have been oppressed and overlooked since colonization. Armas provides not just a reminder but a proclamation that a life of faith is best understood through those without privilege, and to see it any other way is to miss the point of the message of Jesus.
aweekinthelife's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I wasn’t sure about this one because faith books haven’t been quite my thing these past year or two, but this proved that wrong.
listened on audio and the narrator did a great job and I enjoyed hearing the Spanish mixed in. appreciated the way Armas is specific in her own life and experiences while also recognizing and highlighting how things might be different for others (women of different races, for example). would definitely reread, maybe with the book in front of me to make highlights.
listened on audio and the narrator did a great job and I enjoyed hearing the Spanish mixed in. appreciated the way Armas is specific in her own life and experiences while also recognizing and highlighting how things might be different for others (women of different races, for example). would definitely reread, maybe with the book in front of me to make highlights.
emmacolon's review
5.0
i can't begin to describe the emotion i felt reading this book. it is something special and rare to read a book that integrates latina scholarship, latina theology, and everyday latina experience. it was like this book was written for me. as a 3rd generation, half-anglo boricua in the U.S., i felt so seen by kat's explication of in-betweenness and sacred exile. her family's stories were my family's stories. my eyes are welling with tears just reflecting on the beauty and wisdom of this book. kat armas has a way of using intense scholarship paired with welcoming life stories to lead the reader into a sense of la Espíritu Santa - the Wild Child of the Holy Trinity, as armas calls Her - in the everyday and the ways in which the women of the Bible and the modern world embody and share that Espíritu for the survival and liberation of themselves and their communities. this book thrilled me and taught me SO MUCH (like, i will never read the Bible the same again). i am so grateful for it. estoy orgullosa y me siento amada por eso. gracias, kat. :')
whitneydziurawiec's review
4.0
Reading this book solidified for me that we *need* to listen to a wide variety of commentary on the Bible or we WILL miss things. I loved the author's retelling and explanations of lesser-known women in the Bible I hadn't given much thought (or EVER heard sermons on). Even if you don't agree with all her conclusions, the commentary on the biblical women in and of itself is worth reading the book for.